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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FCCC AND ITS SUBSIDIARY BODIES

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was adopted on 9 May 1992, and was opened for signature at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, where it received 155 signatures. The Convention entered into force on 21 March 1994, 90 days after receipt of the 50th ratification. The Convention has now been ratified by almost 160 countries.